tC_Dragon

Hey everyone, well i was long overdue for a valve adjustment, and i'm a broke ***... so i looked everywhere on the web to find a maintenance guide wit pics online for a b18b with no luck, although there are several for the b18c. I kno team integra has something of the sort, but nothing detailed specifically to the b18b. So i took it upon myself to make one for ya all as i did mine. I've included some diagrams from the helms and also taken a couple pics of my own.

I hope that this will help some of my fellow LS owners out there. Please feel free to make any comments or suggestions.

Just go to the "DIY" section of my website.
My Site

-Eric

EDIT: oh and here are some pics of that nite.. haha.. my roomate is gonna kill me when he wakes up n sees dis hahahahha... until then.... enjoy...

This is why so many acura techs are hunchbacks.


Who ever said that beer didn't rot the brain???


EDIT#2: Ok i feel bad.. ahha me n my stupid conscience... so...

Here's a bad pic of me with the V2



Modified by pdcdragon at 6:52 AM 5/15/2003


Modified by pdcdragon at 6:52 AM 5/15/2003

King_j

that was really good, cause of the pictures it made the job much easier

InTeGrA B18b1

nice pixs and stuff good job

2lowintegra

very nice write up man, great looking site you got that too!

B U N M A N G O

wow good job Eric... you're right, you see b18c valve adjustment guides all over the web, but I've never seen a b18b guide... btw, nice looking bumper lenses, where'd you get em?

Aaron M

sweet

SMZ GSR

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Who ever said that beer didn't rot the brain???
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Bwahahaha! Nice write up Eric.

Seedc2

iTrader: (1)

good stuff eric. how does the car feel now?

nm.. i see it on your site


Modified by kendogg at 11:04 AM 5/15/2003

tC_Dragon

Thanks for all the compliments guys... I'm glad you guys think its good.

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Thanks, i try.

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hahha... i bought them of some doood cuz mine got jacked.. hahah..

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Bwahahaha! Nice write up Eric. </TD></TR></TABLE>

hehhe... u like dat pic sergio? scot hasn't seen it yet hahahahaha...

integobsession

nice pics you *******

hahahahaha

Aaron M

#1 *******

tC_Dragon

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puhahahah....

youngkow

Great write up! Now I just need to get off my lazy *** and do it, because my car is just ticking like crazy.

tC_Dragon

hahaha .... i was exactly teh same way... but having a roomate dats into cars just as much as i am helps... he was all anxious to do it, so i did mine too.

And Thanks again to aaron for lettin us borrow ur snap on tool for scotts valve adjustment, and thanks to sergio for lettin us borrow the socket.

Aaron M

your welcome

Westrock2000

The LS/ZC's are real easy, dont need no "special" wrench like the VTEC guys do. I didn't quite understand what they were talking about the first time, but once you do it a couple times it's real easy.

I don't know if he mentioned this in his website, but you don't have to do it in any order. Basically you just adjust the rockers when the lobe is pointed away from them. This may help if you don't have the timing belt on. You can still check the valve lash, and quite honestly its easier that way.

SMZ GSR

your welcome
btw, got my BSQ kit today!!! swaybar goes in tomorrow since i got no work

95GS-R

Great job on the DIY section. I did my valve adjustment not to long ago, wasn't quite as difficult as I thought it would be. I bought the Helms manual first ... and borrowed the feeler gauge and adjuster ...

Add a cam installation DIY to your website next.

tC_Dragon

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btw, got my BSQ kit today!!! swaybar goes in tomorrow since i got no work </TD></TR></TABLE>

Dope!!! congrats bro... hopefully all the damn pics i took of my install will help ya out heheh...

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Add a cam installation DIY to your website next.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks for the compliment. As for the cam install... well i would need money to buy cams first hehehe.... if my roomate does then... i'll do it for the GSR hehe.

But for now, since i'm so dead broke... i don't foresee any new DIY additions for a while hehe...

InTeGrA B18b1

instead of manually turning the crank cant you just turn your car over a couple times to reach tdc? thats what i heard

threatcon13

excellent write up

integobsession

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You sure can but it'd take you years to get the crank at TDC (top dead center) for each cyclinder...

And wat are you going to do? Turn on the engine, take off your valve cover, then see if it's TDC? And if it's not then you're going to put back the valve cover and turn the engine and do it all over agaiN?

95GS-R

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You sure can but it'd take you years to get the crank at TDC (top dead center) for each cyclinder...

And wat are you going to do? Turn on the engine, take off your valve cover, then see if it's TDC? And if it's not then you're going to put back the valve cover and turn the engine and do it all over agaiN?
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He is right. Just take out the spark plugs so you are not fighting against extra resistance, and make sure to turn the crank to the left only. It isn't hard to see when things are lined up, and it doesn't take that long ... I can't really see a reason that you would want to do it by cranking the car, although it could be done.


Modified by 95GS-R at 2:44 AM 5/20/2003

tC_Dragon

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He is right. Just take out the spark plugs so you are not fighting against extra resistance, and make sure to turn the crank counter clockwise (to the left) only. It isn't hard to see when things are lined up, and it doesn't take that long ... I can't really see a reason that you would want to do it by cranking the car, although it could be done.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thank you. I try to follow closely to the helms manual.

ransack

nice write up. I probably need to adjust my LS. thanks!